STS-92 was a

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mission to the

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(ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the

and Discovery's 28th flight. It was launched from

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, 11 October 2000.

Crew

Spacewalks

;EVA 1 *Personnel: Chiao and McArthur *Start: 15 October 2000 – 14:27 UTC *End: 15 October 2000 – 20:55 UTC *Duration: 6 hours, 28 minutes ;EVA 2 *Personnel: López-Alegría and Wisoff *Start: 16 October 2000 – 14:15 UTC *End: 16 October 2000 – 21:22 UTC *Duration: 7 hours, 7 minutes ;EVA 3 *Personnel: Chiao and McArthur *Start: 17 October 2000 – 14:30 UTC *EVA 3 End: 17 October 2000 – 21:18 UTC *Duration: 6 hours, 48 minutes ;EVA 4 *Personnel: López-Alegría and Wisoff *Start: 18 October 2000 – 15:00 UTC *End: 18 October 2000 – 21:56 UTC *Duration: 6 hours, 56 minutes

Crew seat assignments

Mission highlights

STS-92 was an ISS assembly flight that brought the

Z1 truss The Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) of the International Space Station (ISS) consists of a linear arranged sequence of connected trusses on which various unpressurized components are mounted such as logistics carriers, radiators, solar arrays, ...

, Control Moment Gyros,

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-3 (PMA-3) (mounted on a

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pallet) and two DDCU ( Heat pipes) to the

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. The

was the first exterior framework installed on the ISS and allowed the first U.S. solar arrays to be temporarily installed on '' Unity'' for early power during flight 4A. The Ku-band communication system supported early science capabilities and U.S. television on flight 6A. The CMGs (Control Moment Gyros) weigh about and provide non-propulsive (electrically powered) attitude control when activated on flight 5A, and PMA-3 provides shuttle docking port for solar array installation on flight 4A and

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Lab installation on flight 5A. The mission included seven days of docked operations with the

, four EVAs, and two ingress opportunities. Over the course of four scheduled spacewalks, two teams of space walkers and an experienced robot arm operator collaborated to install the Z1 (Z for zenith port) truss structure on top of the

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Unity connecting node on the growing station and to deliver the third Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA 3) to the ISS for the future berthing of new station components and to accommodate shuttle dockings. The

was the first permanent lattice-work structure for the ISS, very much like a girder, setting the stage for the future addition of the station's major trusses or backbones. The Z1 fixture also served as the platform on which the huge U.S.

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were mounted on the next shuttle assembly flight,

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. The Z1 truss included many elements of the Communications and Tracking subsystem. The hardware included a

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/Receiver/Controller (SGTRC) built by L3 Communications Systems-East in Camden, NJ. John Schina was the Chief Engineer of the ISS Program at L3. The Z1 contains four large

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devices, called

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(CMGs), which are used to maneuver the

into the proper orientation on

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once they were activated following the installation of the

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. During the fourth

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, astronauts Wisoff and López-Alegría tested the

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jet backpack, flying up to 50

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while remaining

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to the

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Media

File:STS-92 launch.ogv File:STS-92 landing.ogv

References

External links

NASA mission summary

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